Mandate, Vision & Mission

Mandate

Forest Professionals BC (FPBC) protects the public interest by regulating the practice of professional forestry. Only those registered with FPBC are legally permitted to practise professional forestry in BC.

FPBC establishes the conditions or requirements for registration and establishes, monitors, and enforces standards of practice. FPBC preserves and protects reserved titles (RPF, RFT) or reserved practices, as applicable, and guards against the unlawful use of reserved titles or the unlawful practise of reserved practices.

Vision

Public trust in registered forest professionals.

Mission

Protect the public by ensuring BC has skilled, knowledgeable, and accountable forest professionals.

Values

As a regulator, we are:

  • Fair — processes and decisions are made in accordance with applicable rules and appropriate authority, based on relevant information, and respectful of individual needs and circumstances;
  • Objective — issues and decisions of Forest Professionals BC are impartial and made with integrity, approached with an open mind, apolitical, and avoid pre-judgement and bias;
  • Transparent — Forest Professionals BC shares information in a forthright way; it is clear and accessible and respectful of confidentiality and privacy rights; and
  • Proportionate — Forest Professionals BC’s regulatory services, frameworks, and processes are appropriate
    for the size and complexity of the organization. The regulatory approach is neither excessively burdensome nor too lenient, balancing the need to protect the public and environment while not overregulating professionals.

Guiding Values

  • We place our public protection mandate above registrant interests.

  • We support reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples through inclusion, education, and awareness within our regulatory programs and services.

  • We engage our registrants and leverage their skills and expertise in the regulatory work of the forest profession.

  • We build partnerships founded on mutual trust and shared interests.

  • We provide effective support and recognition for volunteers, staff, and registrants.

  • We foster regulatory collaboration at provincial, national, and international levels.

  • We cultivate an environment that embraces diversity and inclusivity.

  • We measure and report on our regulatory work.

  • We embrace technology and evidence-based decision making.

  • We foster balanced forest and environmental stewardship through our work.